Dr. Oburu Odinga

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Entries 1531 to 1540 of 1608.

• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Also this one! view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, that only applies Clause 4. Clauses 11 and 28 are in respect of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Income Tax on properties which were accepted. Our amendments were accepted by the House. Therefore, these figures should be deleted. view
• 16 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Minister cannot say they are of no consequence. These are consequential to what was passed by the House. It follows that these must also be deleted in order to conform with what was passed by the House. Since they are consequential, if we retain them without a formal--- view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to put the record right, the Committee deliberated on it and we were only given one day to do so. Last week we wrote to the Minister, through the Clerk, telling him that we were not very clear on the criteria of the nomination. At the same time, we prepared this Report on your advice. The Committee cannot act independently of Parliament, view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: therefore, we prepared this Report. Because of the time factor, the Minister has already got a letter from the Clerk. We even sent a fax to him informing him that we were not clear on the criteria which he used in nominating them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think that it is right to say that the Minister was not consulted or informed. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, Mr. J.M. Mutiso will move the amendment. view
• 9 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I stand on a point of order with regard to the Minister's remarks that this is only going to be deleted on condition that the Second Schedule will not be amended by the Committee. There is no such arrangement. The matter should be discussed on merit. There is no condition at all! view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to raise an issue which was raised by the Minister for Finance, Mr. Kimunya, yesterday, after a court ruling on the Privatisation Act. It is not in order that a matter which is before a Committee of this House is raised outside the House. The Minister tended to besmirch the image of the House by imputing that the House has refused to approve names of appointees to the Privatisation Commission, and thus he is unable to implement the Privatisation Act. That is misrepresenting facts because the Minister only brought ... view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir--- view
• 4 Oct 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the amendment proposed by the Committee was in respect of the arbitrariness of the Commissioner deciding on the--- view